Sentence examples for give a direct answer from inspiring English sources

Pence did not give a direct answer.

Mr. Neiman did not give a direct answer.

Asked if the Tories did plan to limit child benefit, Truss refused to give a direct answer.

Kavanaugh did not give a direct answer and engaged in a heated back-and-forth with Leahy.

Asked whether the police were confident Mr. Pearl was alive, a senior police official declined today to give a direct answer.

Pressed on whether he believed that Clinton lied, Gowdy declined to give a direct answer, telling journalists to read the report.

(Another home run: he gave a direct answer, and a populist one).

The impression is confirmed when I ask if he is a socialist and he pauses, avoiding giving a direct answer.

The chancellor told the BBC: "I think it's really refreshing that we have a prime minister who gives a direct answer to a direct question.

The 7-to-1 decision avoided giving a direct answer about the constitutionality of the program, used by the University of Texas at Austin, that was before the court.

When he appears before a disciplinary board in Jo Mills' defence, he demonstrates an outstanding ability to avoid lying by never once giving a direct answer.